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Abstract

A survey for the presence of metals in various aquatic animals was conducted in 2001 and 2002 along the Gresik coast of Indonesia. The results showed that levels of almost all metals measured were lower than those recorded in aquatic animals from other regions of the world. Only levels of copper and zinc were comparable those in other reports. Levels of metals in the tissue in all the samples collected were within the range acceptable for consumption.

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“…The observations on zinc were similar to other studies (Dural et al, 2007;Ahmad et al, 2008;Turkmen et al, 2008;Raja et al, 2009;De et al, 2010), although, higher than fishes from eastern Taiwan ( Wen-Bin Huang, 2003), Malaysia (Kamaruzzaman et al, 2010), Turkey (Dural and Bickici, 2010), and Lagos Nigeria (Olowu et al, 2010), but lower than from south west coast of India (Rejomon et al, 2010), Indonesia (Agoes and Hamami 2007) and Iran (Fariba et al, 2009). Yilmaz, (2009), and Ahmad et al, (2008 reported the similar concentration of manganese in muscle tissue of fish, while Huang, (2003) observed the lower Mn content in fish tissue.…”

“…However, higher than reported by Kamaruzzaman et al, (2010); Dural and Bickici, (2010); Raja et al, (2009);Turkmen et al, (2008); Naim and Ahmed, (2008) and Wen-Bin Huang, (2003), however, lower than earlier report from this area (De et al, 2010) and fishes from Gresik coastal waters of Indonesia (Agoes and Hamami, 2007). The higher accumulation of copper may be due to its relationship with molecular weight proteins (metallothionein-like).…”

“…The arsenic were lower than those from Gulf of Cambay in North West coast of India (Mallampati et al, 2007); Fanga'uta Lagoon, Tonga (Morrison and Brown, 2003); Panag estuary, Thailand (Rattanachongkiat et al, 2004) and America (Peter et al, 2007), but higher concentrations were observed in fishes from Gresik coastal waters of Indonesia (Agoes and Hamami, 2007).…”

“…However, lower than south west coast of India (Rejomon et al, 2010), Red sea (Naim and Ahmed, 2008), but comparatively higher than the fishes from Turkey (Dural and Bickici, 2010), south (Raja et al, 2009) and fishes from Indonesia (Agoes and Hamami, 2007). The concentrations of Hg in fishes from West Bengal coast were comparable with fishes from Malaysia (Hajeb et al, 2009) and Thailand (Agusa et al, 2007).…”

“…Accumulations of metals were generally found to be species specific and may be related to their feeding habits and the bio-concentration capacity of each species (Fariba et al, 2009;Naim and Ahmed, 2008;Agoes and Hamami, 2007;Huang, 2003). The heavy metal concentrations in fish tissues from West Bengal coast were compared with other studies and guideline values (Table 5).…”